Short motivational monologue (YouTube) by Ryan Deiss arguing that quitting can be appropriate when done strategically rather than impulsively during a bad day. The speaker cites Sarah Blakely’s phrasing, gives a personal anecdote about quitting after making a varsity baseball team to illustrate deliberate quitting, and frames the message for parents teaching children to make thoughtful decisions.
It is okay to quit. You just can't quit on a bad day. Heard that from Sarah Blakely. And it's amazing when we apply this in our lives and when we teach this to our kids as parents, it's just considered less likely we don't quit. And when you do quit, you quit strategically. Sometimes quitting is absolutely the right thing to do. I just don't want to quit on a bad day because if you're quitting on a bad day, you're probably quitting based on an emotional response, not a logical response. I played baseball growing up and then I was like, if I make varsity and I still want to quit, then I'm going to quit. What do you know? I made the varsity team. I walked into our coach's office and I quit. I tell my kids that story because I want them to know it is is okay to quit. You just can't quit on a bad day.
